BURLINGTON, VT — Nearly two years after the murder of George Floyd, cities around the country were prompted to take a closer look at police budgets. Some called the movement "Defund the Police," ...

Why isn't law enforcement speaking out against state and local tax cuts, which are effectively defunding the police?

"This being a defund city, this is a live experiment as well," said Shawn Burke, interim chief for the Burlington PD.

Andrew Cuomo praised Mayor Eric Adams on Saturday for rolling out a plan to hire an additional 5,000 police officers — a move ...

Calls are growing to defund the police. For some advocates, that means divesting from law enforcement in favor of supporting communities. Others want to dissolve departments entirely. Both ideas ...

The nationwide protests against racism and police brutality have opened up space for transformative policy discussions that would have seemed unimaginable even a few weeks ago. Into that space has ...

New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani apologized to the New York City Police Department (NYPD) on Wednesday for his past criticism of the police force, in which he previously ...

Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers claims the commission is not following state law and has linked their actions to the "defund the police movement." Indian River County conflict is a breakdown ...

The Milwaukee Police Association (MPA) announced Thursday that its members have "overwhelmingly" voted to ratify a new labor ...

Spokane Valley City Councilman Al Merkel is accusing his fellow councilmembers of trying to defund the city's police department. Law enforcement leaders disagree. "Council, over the last few years, ...

“We have the lowest level of police we’ve had in modern political history,” Cuomo said, attributing the staffing shortage to the “defund the police” movement that “took a billion dollars out of the ...

This breakdown should give pause to every law enforcement officer, who now must wonder if their “brothers in blue” will be there.